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We are the Baby-Sitters Club : essays and artwork from grown-up readers / edited by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks ; [foreword by Mara Wilson].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781641604901
  • 1641604905
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / Mara Wilson -- Introduction: We are the Baby-Sitters Club / Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks -- Say hello to your friends: girl groups and friendship culture -- Fashion statements: personal style in the BSC -- The BSC and us: on seeing ourselves reflected (or not) -- Be bossy: entrepreneurship and the business of babysitting -- Great ideas: the world beyond Stoneybrook.
Summary: "Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism. In We Are the Baby-Sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later-celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 813.54 W361 Available 33111010909881
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"We Are the Baby-Sitters Club is the ultimate companion guide for a generation of devout superfans. This book revisits the beloved series through grown-up eyes--but never loses the magic we all felt the moment we cracked open a fresh new book. BSC forever!" --Lucia Aniello, director and executive producer of The Baby-Sitters Club Netflix series



A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Myriam Gurba, and others exploring the lasting impact of Ann M. Martin's beloved Baby-Sitters Club series



In 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a messy bedroom strewn with RingDings, scrunchies, and a landline phone. Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne launched the club that birthed an entire generation of loyal readers.



Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism, to name a few.



In We Are the Baby-Sitters Club , writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later--celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence.



Contributors include Paperback Crush author Gabrielle Moss, illustrator Siobhán Gallagher, and filmmaker Sue Ding, as well as New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett, Lambda Award-finalist Myriam Gurba, Black Girl Nerds founder Jamie Broadnax, and Paris Review contributor Frankie Thomas.



One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021, We Are the Baby-Sitters Club looks closely at how Ann M. Martin's series shaped our ideas about gender politics, friendship, fashion and beyond.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204).

"An unauthorized anthology"--cover.

Foreword / Mara Wilson -- Introduction: We are the Baby-Sitters Club / Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks -- Say hello to your friends: girl groups and friendship culture -- Fashion statements: personal style in the BSC -- The BSC and us: on seeing ourselves reflected (or not) -- Be bossy: entrepreneurship and the business of babysitting -- Great ideas: the world beyond Stoneybrook.

"Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism. In We Are the Baby-Sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later-celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence"-- Provided by publisher.

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